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Re: our worst ever signings : Wed Jun 20, 2012 9:48 am  
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There was a bloke stood near us in the Fletch who would pick a player and abuse them all afternoon, most of the time they were having a decent game.

In Dave King's case however, "run your weight you big daft bugger!" was spot-on :lol:
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Re: our worst ever signings : Wed Jun 20, 2012 11:54 am  
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Re: our worst ever signings : Wed Jun 20, 2012 10:59 pm  
Two from a very long time ago would be hard to beat. Robin Thompson was an Irish international second row who had just captained the RU British Lions to South Africa. He signed for Warrington in 1955 for what was then a world record signing-on fee. He was a complete waste of space. Martin Regan who signed a couple of years later was the current England RU fly half and was even worse. We spent so much money on those two that we could not afford any more decent signings and the great wire team of the early fifties faded away.
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Re: our worst ever signings : Thu Jun 21, 2012 6:37 am  
Since Tony Smith came , I don't think there has been any bad signings.
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Re: our worst ever signings : Thu Jun 21, 2012 1:26 pm  
Mind you there have not been many signings full stop.
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Re: our worst ever signings : Thu Jun 21, 2012 2:43 pm  
I took a day off work to greet Joey Johns at Manchester Airport only to see him play one decent game out of three. I'll never get that leave back....Furious!!
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Re: our worst ever signings : Thu Jun 21, 2012 4:23 pm  
Wasn't his fault that he had the likes of Paul Noone crashing onto his passes.
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Re: our worst ever signings : Thu Jun 21, 2012 4:31 pm  
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Wasn't his fault that he had the likes of Paul Noone crashing onto his passes.
Thought he usually stood at the back with his hands on his head!!!
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Re: our worst ever signings : Thu Jun 21, 2012 4:35 pm  
I will never forget that night against Leeds, one of my favourite Wire memories. I won't have him on here, worth every penny for me.
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Re: our worst ever signings : Thu Jun 21, 2012 4:44 pm  
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I will never forget that night against Leeds, one of my favourite Wire memories. I won't have him on here, worth every penny for me.

still watch the dvd of that game once a year my all time favourite night :ROCKS:
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